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Cotto Loses, Margarito Cheers

When two of today's best Latino boxers below the Middleweight Division faced off on a Las Vegas ring last July 26, they put up a good and intense fight.In the end, Antonio Margarito from Mexico overpowered undefeated welterweight champion Miguel Cotto from Puerto Rico. Margarito score a Technical Knockout with 2:05 of the 11th round.The fight started slow at first. After the third round both Cotto and Margarito exchanged blows left and right, fighting toe to toe and fighting alongside the ring side ropes. Margarito, who is known as the Tornado, has said he got stronger after the 7th round. And, it surely became the Tornado’s night. In the start of the 11th round, Margarito scored a knockdown. When Cotto’s corner saw he was banged up pretty badly, they threw in the towel to stop the fight.But Cotto is no loser.Cotto fought like the fighter he is as his family members, including his little boy, watched and cried. With his eye nearly shut and his face bleeding, Cotto started to back up and Margarito charged.After the fight, Cotto described Margarito as being an “excellent fighter” who “did his job better than I did.”I say that both fighters deserved every penny for their boxing performance. A rematch in the works? Oh Yes! -- Ismael Nunez